Hi Terry,

We stopped along the Silver Creek Road at about 1/2 mile intervals starting
from SR-21 near Keller. The Flam was 5 miles up.
BTW, we had a singing redstart along this road at the first major willow
swamp down and east of Friedlander Mdws. If my memory is correct, it would
be 0.5 mile east of the Bridge Creek turnoff or Bridge Creek something.

Regarding White-headed Woodies, these will not be on our route (we do
"Northport to Big Meadow Lake) but I believe another WOS trip is headed to
the Wilmont Creek area and I hope they're tuned into Tweeters. And thanks
for the news on Willy's Sapsuckers. Again these are not on our route. We
tried to roust Willy's out of larch forests along our route, but failed. To
my eye, the forest in the Northeast Corner along our transect was "Interior
Wet Belt" stuff (cedar, hemlock, larch, spruce), too wet for Willy's.

Andy Stepniewski
Wapato WA
steppie at nwinfo.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Terry Little" <terry at crossoverchurch.info>
To: "'Andy Stepniewski'" <steppie at nwinfo.net>
Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 7:04 PM
Subject: RE: [Tweeters] Clay-colored Sparrowsand other birds near Kettle
Falls


> Andy
>
> Any more specifics on directions to the Flam Owl? I am familiar with
> Silver
> Creek Rd (was there four weeks ago).
>
> If this will help you prepare for WOS, there were two pairs of White
> Headed
> Woodpeckers just east of the Wilmont Creek and Lewis's across the road.
> Also
> - 1 pair of Williamson's Sapsucker at the corner of Silver Creek and
> Friedlander Meadows. Of course you know all this as I have taken my
> directions from your article in Opperman's Book.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Terry Little
> Spokane
> terry at crossoverchurch.info
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu
> [mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Andy
> Stepniewski
> Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 12:51 PM
> To: TWEETERS
> Subject: [Tweeters] Clay-colored Sparrowsand other birds near Kettle Falls
>
> Hi All,
>
> Along Silver Creek Road 5 miles up from Keller on SR-21 south of
> Republic),
> there was a calling Flammulated Owl late in the evening of 2 June.
>
> We scouted 3 June for the upcoming WOS conference field trip we're
> leading
> next week and found three singing Clay-colored Sparrows on 3 June. From
> Kettle Falls area, go north on US-395 to Barstow, a tiny village. Go east
> here across the Kettle River and make an immediate left on Pierre Lake Rd.
> In about a mile go right on Gallaher-Barret Rd., which makes a 90 to the
> left in about a mile. Shortly, go right on Beardslee and check the brush
> patches as you ascend. We had Clay-coloreds at three different patches.
> Lots
>
> of other colorful birds in the aspens along this stretch, nearby: Calliope
> Hummingbird, Red-naped Sapsucker, Dusky Flycatcher, Red-eyed Vireos, Gray
> Catbirds, MacGillivray's Warblers, Bullock's Orioles, and Lazuli Buntings.
>
> On the west side of the Columbia River near Northport, there was a calling
> Least Flycatcher. Cross the river from town and goabout 4 miles,
> generally
>
> following the Columbia southwest, to an aspen patch.
>
> Big Meadow Lake Campground had Northern Waterthrush (on the Lakeside Trail
> and in the campground), American Redstart (on the Meadows Trail 1/3 mile
> west from campground), and a Common Goldeneye female and brood. Both
> trails
> had lots of blowdown slowing us down. George McNichol (Colville NF)
> assures
> me these will be cleared by their contractor by 15 June, in time for our
> three fieldtrips.
>
> Andy Stepniewski
> Wapato WA
> steppie at nwinfo.net
>
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